Mobile World Congress 2025 is currently underway in Barcelona, and alongside new smartphone launches, we have seen a lot of exciting AI announcements as well. This year, leading software and hardware companies have showcased several AI-powered products and services. After all, we are currently living in the AI age and companies are pushing the boundaries to bring fresh innovations. So, without further ado, let’s check out the best AI announcements at MWC 2025 from Google, Perplexity, Xiaomi, Lenovo, and more.
1. Gemini Live with Project Astra
The first major AI announcement at MWC 2025 is by Google. Project Astra was first announced at Google I/O 2024 in May last year. Following that, in December, Google revealed that Project Astra is being improved and will be integrated into the Gemini app.
Finally, at MWC 2025, Google is demonstrating Project Astra for the first time to attendees. Baked into the Gemini app, you can share your screen and camera for live interaction with the AI.
Google says live video and screen-sharing capabilities will roll out to Gemini Advanced subscribers later this month. It will initially be available on Android smartphones. Note that OpenAI has already launched live video and screen-sharing on ChatGPT, so Google is already late in this regard.
2. AI Phone by T-Mobile and Perplexity
Another key AI announcement at MWC 2025 came from T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity. Both companies have partnered to create an ‘AI Phone,’ which will be powered by Perplexity’s AI Assistant, among other things. The AI Phone will offer ‘Magenta AI,’ which will include Perplexity AI Assistant, ElevenLabs, Picsart, Google Cloud AI, and more.
You can interact with the phone using just voice and make reservations at restaurants, book flights, do shopping, and more. Deutsche Telekom is planning to launch the phone in the second half of this year, and it will cost under $1000 in the European market.
3. HyperAI by Xiaomi
After Google and Samsung, Xiaomi joined the AI race and announced HyperAI at MWC 2025 in Barcelona. HyperAI is a suite of Generative AI features and services that can help you generate, summarize, and proofread text; it can generate subtitles using AI while playing videos; generate AI art, and more.
In addition, HyperAI can add a cinematic look to videos shot using Xiaomi smartphones. Then there is AI search using natural language, AI Gallery, and AI Dynamic wallpapers. Basically, Xiaomi has gone all-in on AI-powered features for its premium smartphones. Xiaomi says HyperAI is currently available on the Xiaomi 15 series, and the Xiaomi 14 series will get it by April.
4. Honor’s Alpha Plan
At MWC 2025, Honor announced its Alpha Plan in partnership with Google and Qualcomm to develop an open AI ecosystem. The plan is to close the gap between human and AI interaction. Honor says that it’s going to invest a whopping $10 billion in the next five years to build the AI ecosystem.
Honor is planning three stages for AI deployment — Agentic AI, Physical AI, and AGI. Currently, the focus is on Agentic AI to create a “GUI-based mobile agent.” It can book a table in restaurants, perform regular tasks on your smartphone, add tasks to your calendar, and more. Basically, in 2025, Honor expects to release AI agents on its smartphones.
5. Agentic Browser Operator by Opera
Although OpenAI has already launched its Operator AI agent, Opera, a browser company has now announced the first agentic Browser Operator at MWC 2025. The Browser Operator in Opera can perform tasks for you on the web. You can explain in natural language what you want to accomplish, and Browser Operator sets out to complete the task for you.
For example, you can ask it to buy tennis socks from Nike or buy tickets for a concert. Basically, it can perform actions in the Opera browser, and you can focus on other meaningful things.
The interesting part is that Opera’s AI agent processes data locally on the device.OpenAI’s Operator AI agent, on the other hand, runs in a cloud browser. Opera says Browser Operator is currently in preview and will be available in Opera in the near future.
6. Lenovo AI Display
At the ongoing MWC 2025, Lenovo showcased an AI Display monitor that comes with a built-in NPU (Neural Processing Unit). Yes, you read that right. The NPU can perform up to 32 trillion operations per second (TOPS). It’s a curved monitor that can help older computers run LLMs locally.
Apart from that, Lenovo demonstrated an AI Stick that you can plug into your existing monitor and make it an NPU-equipped PC.
7. Qualcomm X85 5G Modem
Qualcomm announced its X85 5G modem at MWC 2025, featuring an improved AI processor. The company has been using AI to improve data speeds and coverage for quite some time on its modems.
The latest X85 5G modem brings a 30% faster AI processor. It’s used in AI-powered Data Traffic Engine which reduces latency and improves efficiency of the modem. Apart from that, the AI feature can improve voice calls and make gaming smoother as well.
8. Motorola Smart Connect with AI
Motorola’s Smart Connect app is a fantastic utility to bridge the gap between your Android phone and Windows PC. And now at MWC 2025, Motorola announced a plethora of AI features coming to the Smart Connect app.
You can talk to Moto AI on your smartphone and ask it to stream your phone’s content to your laptop or smart TV. Next, you can search for documents and files using natural language prompts. You no longer need to remember the exact file name to locate the item.
So these are the top AI announcements made at MWC 2025 by major companies. Of all the demos, I am highly excited for Project Astra, which is finally coming to Android phones later this month. By the way, which is your favorite AI feature announced at MWC? Let us know in the comments below.
